OnStation Nation 2026
As Built,
As Recorded
What happened in the field, on the record.
Travel is on you. The hotel and the day itself are on us.
Design hands off a plan set. The field hands back the truth.
Everything in this industry is built to get information down to the job. Very little is built to get it back. The marked up plan set in the truck, the photo nobody labeled, the change somebody called in on the phone: that is the actual record of the work, and it lives in the worst possible places.
OnStation Nation 2026 is one day on the second half of that trade. What got built, who recorded it, and whether anyone can prove it two years from now when the question finally comes up.
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Redlines are the record
A marked up sheet is the only proof of what changed on the ground. We get into how that gets captured, stamped, and kept where the next person can find it.
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As recorded beats as remembered
Station, photo, timestamp, and who was standing there. The field data that holds up in a closeout package or a claim, not the version reconstructed from memory in a conference room.
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Digital delivery does not stop at design
Models and PDFs go into the job clean. Almost nothing comes back out. This is the year we work on the return trip.
The day, stationed out
Sessions run in order. Times are close to final.
- 0+008:00Coffee and check inBadges, hard copies of the day, and the room warming up.
- 1+008:45Opening: as built, as recordedWhere the record actually lives on your jobs right now, and what that costs.
- 2+009:30What the field records todayWalking through real daily documentation from primes, subs, and inspection teams.
- 3+0010:45Stationing, photos, and the daily recordProduct deep dive on the pieces that turn field activity into a record you can hand over.
- 4+0012:00LunchSit with someone who runs jobs nothing like yours.
- 5+001:00Hands on: build an as built from a live jobBring a laptop. You leave with a documented segment you built yourself.
- 6+002:30Panel: primes, subs, CEI, and what the DOT asks forFour seats, four versions of the same closeout fight.
- 7+003:45What ships nextThe roadmap, and the part of it that is up for argument.
- 8+005:00Dinner and shop talkPrivate room, good beer, no slides.
Who is in the room
Prime contractors
Project managers and superintendents who own the closeout package and the risk attached to it.
Subcontractors
Crews whose work gets buried first and questioned last.
CEI and inspection firms
Inspectors and resident engineers writing the record the agency actually reads.
State DOT teams
The people receiving all of it, and deciding what counts as delivered.
What you leave with
- A documented job segment you built during the hands on session
- A written record standard you can hand your field crews on Monday
- The closeout requirements three agencies asked for this year, in plain language
- Direct lines to the OnStation product team and the roadmap you helped argue about
Register
Four short steps. The detail is how we build the agenda and the hands on session around the jobs actually in the room.
Step 1 of 4, who you are
You are on the list for December 8.
A confirmation is on its way to the email you gave us, with hotel details and the final agenda to follow. If you told us you are bringing a job to the hands on session, someone will reach out before then to get it loaded.
What happened in the field, on the record.
Questions about the day, the hotel block, or bringing a crew: reply to your invitation email and we will sort it out.
October 27, Cleveland
There is a live day before this one
Same theme, in person, smaller room. Guests arrive the 26th, we run the 27th, everyone heads out the 28th. Seats are limited and we fill them by hand.
Got it.
We will be in touch about October 27 with travel and hotel details before seats run out.